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Changing Populations A. 1.
Name Date Class Chapter 21 Lesson Outline LESSON 2 Changing Populations A. How Populations Change 1. A population’s is the number of offspring produced over a given time period. The individuals that die over the same time period. is the number of 2. When a population is in ideal conditions with unlimited resources, it grows in a pattern called . 3. During exponential growth, as a population gets larger, it grows at a(n) rate. 4. Food shortages, natural disasters, disease, and can reduce population size. 5. A(n) is a species that has died out and has no living individuals. 6. Extinctions can be caused by predation, natural disasters, or damage to the 7. A(n) . is a species whose population is at risk of Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. extinction. 8. A(n) is a species that is at risk but is not yet endangered. 9. Populations change when organisms from place to place. a. Animals move to less b. Wind and places. can spread plant seeds far from their parent plants. 10. is the instinctive seasonal movement of a population of organisms from one place to another. Many animals migrate to where is more available. B. Human Population Changes 1. Human population size is affected by the same three factors that determine the sizes of all populations—birthrate, death rate, and . 2. Unlike other species, humans have developed ways to increase the of their environment. Populations and Communities 27 Name Date Class C21L2 Lesson Outline continued 3. Human population growth can have negative effects on other . 4. Better access to food and other , such as fossil fuels, cloth, and metals, has led to human birthrates being higher than death rates. 5. Improvements in water treatment and medical care have helped reduce human . 6. Human populations in some parts of the world are decreasing due to , drought, and natural disasters. 7. Humans commonly move from place to place, affecting the local size. Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 28 Populations and Communities